Surface and Depth: The Quest for Legibility in American Culture

by Michael T. Gilmore

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The idea of a common American culture has been in retreat for a generation or more. Arguments emphasizing difference have discredited the grand synthetic studies that marginalized groups and perspectives at odds with the master narrative.

Surface and Depth: The Quest for Legibility in American Culture is a fresh attempt to revitalize an interpretive overview. It seeks to recuperate a central tradition while simultaneously recognizing how much...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195157761

ISBN13:9780195157765

Release Date:January 2003

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.7"

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